Sinensis

sinensis Latin Alternative forms la Chī̆nēnsis, la chī̆nēnsis la sī̆nēnsis Etymology la Sī̆nēnsis :af Sīnae<t:China, the Chinese people> -ēnsis + 1 Pronunciation Sī̆nēnsis Adjective Sī̆nēnsis Chinese 1579, Garcia de Orta (Portuguese), Charles de l'Écluse (Latin translation), Aromatum, et Simplicium Aliquot Medicamentorum apud Indos Nascentium Historia (3rd ed.), p. 58-59 la CETERVM quòd Canellæ diuerſa Cinnamomi & Caßiæ nomina indita fuerint, occaſionem præbuiſſe puto mercatores Chinenſes (nam Annales vrbis Ormuz prodũt olim quadringentas naues è China vno eodémque tempore eò appuliſſe) qui cum è ſua regione aurum, ſericum, vaſa murrhina (porcellanas vocant) moſchum, cuprum, margaritas, aliasq[ue] huiuſmodi merces eueherent Declension Sī̆nēnsis Noun Sī̆nēnsis<3.both> m f la usually in the plural a Chinese person la 1741 w:de:Jacob Friedrich Reimmann Historia Literaria Babyloniorum et Sinensium 7 Nihil eſſe in Philoſophia Græcanica & Barbarica, qvod cum philoſophia Sinenſium antiqva componi poſſit, ſive vetuſtatem ſpectemus ſive dignitatem. That nothing in Greek or foreign philosophy can be compared to the ancient philosophy of the Chinese, be it age or dignity we consider. Declension Sī̆nēnsis 1 la Nationalities Demonyms